Like its predecessor, it is an underground japanese cyberpunk film, with tense atmosphere, alarming visuals and graphic violence often interpreted as a semiprequel to 964 pinocchio, rubbers lover details a clandestine group of scientists who conduct psychic. Top 10 funniest auditions britains got talent 2016 try not to laugh. The case of the bloody iris perche quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di jennifer. It may be part of a medical fetish or enjoyed because it restricts movement. Kate bush live at hammersmith odeon video 1981 imdb.
An unlicensed genre of film i made up in my head after i noticed stylistic similarities between a handful of japanese filmmakers. As here, a lot of the climactic moments consist of the film s principal actors. The stark contrast of the black and white together with the industrial imagery that punctuates the story, gives a very bleak feel to the film. Its a creative, unique, and downright insane film that certainly is not.
There are really only six characters in this movie, so in some ways it is more like a disjointed play. Fukui went on to make the blackandwhite cyberhorror fest rubbers lover in 1996. Rubbers lover iffr international film festival rotterdam. This popular movie is now available on midnight pulp. Most similar movies to rubbers lover the list contains related movies ordered by similarity.
A refined, subtler form of the hyper violent, assaulting content as shimika,during the experiment, does develop psychic powers but still has the will to take his revenge on his former coworkers. Multiple formats, anamorphic, color, dolby, full screen, ntsc. And while this particular film does meet some of that criteria computers are used by degenerates, i would classify the overall aesthetic as steampunk. Rubbers lover shozin fukui, 1996 according to my exhaustive research, the cyberpunk genre is known for depicting a world where high tech collides with low tech. Rubbers lover is just a mess of a movie, an attempt at pushing the boundaries of acceptable cinema that ends up making a mockery of its own selfimportant idealism. Psychotronic film 164 flashback 1 bare chested male 122 blood splatter 118 female nudity 116 one word title 116 cell phone 107 surprise ending 107 supernatural power 106 husband wife relationship 100 female protagonist 92 father daughter relationship 85 flashlight 84 shot to death 84. Rubber s lover is an arty, gruesome endurance contest of psychedelic imagery, torture, rape, and general craziness, yet while wildly over the top, it is not campy, goofy, or insulting to one s. A homicidal car tire, discovering it has destructive psionic power, sets its sights on a desert town once a mysterious woman becomes its obsession. Jul 27, 2014 rubbers lover is a claustrophobic film. Unlike fukuis other work, rubbers lover is actually pretty straightforward. Cyberpunk movies prior to 1980 a clockwork orange alien colossus. Rubbers lover is an arty, gruesome endurance contest of psychedelic imagery, torture, rape, and general craziness, yet while wildly over the top, it is not campy, goofy, or insulting to ones. Rubbers lover 1996 scientists use a brainaltering drug to conduct experiments, after one such project goes astray, they need to find another test subject in this japanese splatterpunk film. The movie has a somewhat disjointed plot, but seems to tie things up okay in the end.
Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Rubbers lover 1996 by kat ellinger on november 24, 20 0. The only problem was that sometimes the film is so messed up that one can hardly keep track of what is happening. With stephen spinella, roxane mesquida, wings hauser, jack plotnick. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, scary and rough films with plots about danger, deadly, supernatural, imaginary, experiment gone awry, escapades and disorder mostly in horror, scifi and thriller genres. Its also the very small group of actors which makes the movie very intense. We are back in the fukui territory of 1996 the pictures are very reminiscent of the secret lab featured in rubbers lover. Rubbers lover is cult filmmaker shozin fukuis 1996 followup to 964 pinocchio. Where shozin fukuis previous feature, 964 pinocchio, failed was in its complete lack of structure and flow. Rounding out the extra features are trailers for rubbers lover another cyberpunk movie from unearthed films also directed by fukui, junk, and the upcoming release of electric dragon 80,000 volts. The third part of a film series covering the opening arc of the long running mangaanime series berserk, this iteration began in 2012 and concluded with this feature in 20. Though the experiments are successful in unleashing psychic powers in the test subjects, the results are. Uneven, satirical, and oddly prophetic in its own halfbaked way, michael crichtons 1981 film looker takes place in a terrifying universe of glamour, dehumanization, corporate deception, and susan dey hooking up with albert finney sfam note.
Fukuis current status in the japanese film industry is unknown to me but then, do i really want to find out. This feeling continues with the hikikomori in the hiding. Released on dvd by unearthed films, rubbers lover is a 1996 cyberpunk scifi nightmare written and directed by shozin fukui. Directed by shozin fukui, 1996, 90 minutes, starring kawase youta, nao, ameya norimizu, saitou sousuke, kunihiro mika and zeeko uchiyama.
Like many of the japanese cyberpunk films of the 1990s, rubbers lover focuses upon themes of transhumanism and explores it through ideas of posthuman sexuality, fetishism and death, all set against a grimy industrial noir background. Your pain, my gain complete worship of the japanese cyberpunk film, rubbers lover through various forms of crumbling noises. Nao, norimizu ameya, yota kawase, mika kunihiro, sosuke saito, shozin fukui, hiroshi kobayashi, shozin fukui. While under the influence of the drug ether, the human subjects are outfitted in rubber suits and bombarded with ddd with extremely intense sound. Scientists use a brainaltering drug to conduct experiments, after one such project goes astray, they need to find another test subject in this japanese splatterpunk film. This film focuses much of its manic energy upon the characters obscene relationship with both drugs, and. As here, a lot of the climactic moments consist of the films principal actors just rolling around on the floor pretending to have seizures. Stream and watch rubbers lover online in high quality. Buy rubbers lover movie posters from movie poster shop. If the point of the film is to induce a state of instability similar to the experiments onscreen. Somewhere in a big building, called the centre, four people work on a very secret experiment. While looker is more than a bit plodding at times, the film s use of this device is undoubtedly the most clever effect in the film, as characters find themselves losing time without knowing how or why.
Even more than its predecessor, rubbers lover is powerfully influenced by the rhythms and philosophies of punk music and its progeny. With stewart avonarnold, kate bush, paddy bush, glenys groves. The iron man and yet still an obvious influence on sogo ishiis remarkable electric dragon 80000v, shozin fukuis 1996 work rubbers lover is a. The first film on this list is perhaps the most difficult to recommend as it is impossible to fully appreciate on its own.
This film focuses much of its manic energy upon the characters obscene relationship with both drugs, and the fetishist machinery. Rubbers lover is fukuis second movie, a prequel to pinnochio 964. The iron man and yet still an obvious influence on sogo ishii s remarkable electric dragon 80000v, shozin fukui s 1996 work rubber s lover is a very worthy. A play with blood spray, entrails, cannibalism, and the almost manadatory rapes scenes though, thankfully, no tentacles. Fukuis entire message here is summed up well on his interview on the dvd, dominant power comes when mental anguish exceeds physical tolerance. A secret corporation has decided to stop funding a series of experiments in psychic powers being undertaken by a group of unscrupulous scientists. And honestly, rating this film is a complete waste of time, as i really have nothing to compare it to im giving it a 6, just because. Lieutenant governor tom davey, magistrate robert knopwood. Men in leather and rubber, a list of films by craig. The bullet man shinya tsukamoto, 2009 shinya tsukamoto, who was always a very good director, found himself a new level over the past decade, turning out phenomenal movie after phenomenal movie. With rubbers lover however, a film i have been aching to see for years. Rubbers lover is one of the truly bizarre japanese cyberpunk films. Casting fetish is one element of the kink community. Apr 06, 2005 nothing about rubbers lover is pleasant its 90minutes of cinematic assault complete with rape, nudity, gore, jarring visual imagery, torture, music that is only music in the loosest sense.
Rubbers lover 1996 stigmatophilias gore splattered. The local yokai japanese spirits interfere to avenge a murder and thwart the plans of corrupt officials. It would be another cyberpunk film, another look at madness, another mix of twisted sex and twisted violence, but this time, it would be even less restrained. This may have something to do with the fact that following the 1996 release of his claustrophobic, ultraviolent, highspeed braindriller rubbers lover, fukui dropped out of sight for more than 10 years. Aug 05, 20 with rubbers lover however, a film i have been aching to see for years i have finally found it. In contrast to the first film, rubbers lover has a darker conclusion as the. You are grateful it eventually gets out into the real world, to see some neon signs of japanese streets of the time, or inside a supermarket briefly, trapped in the stark and choked world of the test labs for the most part. Nothing about rubbers lover is pleasant its 90minutes of cinematic assault complete with rape, nudity, gore, jarring visual imagery, torture, music that is only music in the loosest sense. The dvd features the complete and uncut print of the film. Rubbers lover may speak to a cynical section of society that believes in the complete dishonesty of the world right outside their door, but as a film, it fails to function as amusement or allegory.
Instead, this is the old geek biting the head off the chicken routine, and without the proper carny or babbling barker setup, the payoff is just. Brutal, unnerving, fetishistic and beautiful, perhaps less intellectually challenging than tetsuo. Better you should invest in the twodisc japanese cyberpunk collection, especially the film rubbers lover. Directed by shozin fukui and released in its home country of japan in 1996. Even for hardcore fans of japanese underground movies, the name shozin fukui might not immediately ring a bell. Ver amante del caucho 2004 online gratis peliculaspub. A group of crazed scientists think they have discovered the key to create the perfect super human with psychic capabilities, in their experiments of injecting subjects with drugs. With shinobu araki, jun fujimaki, ryutaro gomi, jun hamamura. Shozin fukui, director of pinocchio 964, followed up that film with a prequel of sorts, entitled rubbers lover.
Recommended to those who like twisted asian cinema like tetsuo or rubbers lover, or those that enjoy psychedelic tales such as eraserhead from lynch. This entire film is a kinksters delight, but of special note is the anonymous stockbroker who dons his own personal rubber suit, complete with breathing tubes. There are a great many horror elements in the series, but while i count the previous two. Kinky mistress plays with a rubber doll in a weird fetish scene. Police, adjective, new issues and more on notebook mubi. The film floated around going from one extreme to the next never really figuring itself out. Like its predecessor, it is an underground japanese cyberpunk film, with. As i mentioned before, the film mixes elements of science fiction and horror but also incredibly enough has more humour than horror. Somewhere in japan, two driven scientists toil endlessly away on a. Dec 22, 2009 even for hardcore fans of japanese underground movies, the name shozin fukui might not immediately ring a bell. Ps one word of caution the guyonguy oral sex scene is one that is not pixelated out, nor is the scene with the transgender i think thats what he isa guy with an inbetween part. A powerful and secretive corporation is conducting underground psychic experiments utilizing digital direct drive, otherwise known as ddd. Like its predecessor, it is an underground japanese cyberpunk film, with tense atmosphere, alarming visuals and graphic violence.
Rubber breezy doll made to dress as a doll with hot latex domina. From rubbers lover on, claustrophobia became my new subject matter. This may have something to do with the fact that following the 1996 release of his claustrophobic, ultraviolent, highspeed braindriller rubber s lover, fukui dropped out of sight for more than 10 years. The film goes over the top and acknowledges it and then goes even fucking further. Rubbers lover is an extreme cyberpunk movie that includes a number of truly outlandish violence and sex scenes. Two complete films on one extended dvd pinocchio 964 1991 and rubbers lover 1996 film 1 pinocchio 964 pinocchio 1991 director.
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